Thanks for your report, Robert. I've had designs on going to Incanto since May, when we had to cancel reservations there for my bro's graduation dinner b/c plans had changed at the last minute!! Argh--my family didn't quite understand my disappointment...

From your report, I am intent on making it there sometime soon. Everything sounded just to my liking. And your comment: 'Our waiter gave us a chance to back out of our entree orders but gluttony prevailed over common sense' said so much about the attitude and food there. Completely brought back memories of a relaxed, ultra-gluttonous meal I had at Lupa in NY in which I was full til about 4pm the next day...

I ate the leftover "bacon" last night. Unctuous pork belly with beans and greens, reminded me of my favorite kinds of main plates at Cafe Rouge. The leftover squid was also better than I was able to appreciate at the end of our pasta pigout.

To me, Delfina is bustling, brightly lit, and the tables are quite close together--atmosphere reminds me a bit of popular places in Paris like Le Dome.

Incanto's far from the opposite, but the lighting's relatively subdued, it's a a bit quieter, and the tables are spaced farther apart. Reminds me more of a popular neighborhood trattoria in Rome. Partly because the food and wine are strictly Italian.

The smaller room is often used for private groups...I haven't been able to sit there, always taken with a group when I have been....

I find the two tops in the main room to be too close together for comfort (Lined up in rows against the windows on two sides). really, there isn't an area that is that much better than any other for two tops, in my opinion, and I've decided next time I try it I will either have apps or dessert in the bar, or go with a larger group. The noise isn't as bad as it used to be, perhaps, but still can get noisy...

So far as I know, the Dante Room is just for private parties and the monthly wine dinners.

I don't have any particular favorite, we've been seated all around the place except at the tall two-tops by the bar. The bar itself is comfortable, there's a wide step so it feels pretty much the same as sitting at a table. Often we go later in the evening on Monday nights and get a four-top for the two of us.

The Dante room is open seating unless there's a private party. I've been seated back there as a 2-top and as a party of 8, and I can't recommend it if you're the 2-top amidst a larger party. It just gets loud back there.

And Incanto has addressed the initial noise issues by draping a thick, velvet-backed fabric across the outer wall of the main room. I appreciate that, and find the main room a much more comfortable space now.